Premiering at the New York Film Festival, the filmmaker's follow-up to her '13th' tackles birthright citizenship, the Equal Protection Clause and the undoing of the gains of Reconstruction.

The movie, I'm pleased to report, exerts the same kind of historical/topical force that "13th" did. DuVernay, while she works in an extremely accessible and mainstream way, has a singular gift for ...

Ava DuVernay's ambitious follow-up to "13th" traces the Fourteenth Amendment's unfinished promise, but its urgency sometimes overwhelms its argument.

L-R: Director Ava DuVernay with Dr. Carla Hayden, the librarian of Congress ousted by Donald Trump Netflix 14 th, the documentary directed by Ava DuVernay that premiered Friday night as the ...

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas offered this opportunity for Solicitor General John Sauer to explain how the 14th Amendment acted as a correction to questions created by the 1857 Dred Scott ...

In this episode of The David Frum Show, The Atlantic’s David Frum opens with his thoughts on the Brexit vote, which was cast 10 years ago this month. David explains why Brexit has not only been a ...

After the Civil War, the fight for freedom continued. Learn how the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments ended slavery, defined citizenship, and expanded voting rights. Discover how these powerful changes ...